microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Winget failing in Powershell 7.2.6
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Description
Winget works with default powershell instance using 5.1 on Windows 10 professional. After installing powershell 7 I attempted running any commands including winget --version and they all fail with the same message as shown below.
edit: only happening in Admin launched prompts
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Research direction
Start by reproducing winget --version and another Winget command in an elevated PowerShell 7.2.6 prompt, then compare them with Windows PowerShell 5.1. Inspect the error shown in the linked screenshot and verify the result after the issue's administrative-prompt condition is reproduced; done means Winget commands work in the affected prompt.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100